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Portland, Oregon

Cargo

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Nyamirambo market

Nyamirambo Women’s Center

This center in the Rwandan capital supports women’s livelihoods while educating visitors about traditional cooking, craft making, and more.

Mexico City, Mexico

Monumento a la Costurera (Monument to the Seamstress)

This memorial was raised in honor of a group of workers heavily impacted by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

Pan Am billboard

Reguengo do Fetal, Portugal

Pan Am Billboard

Some 4,000 individual tiles make up this striking blue billboard from the golden age of air travel.

Lincoln, Nebraska

International Quilt Museum

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

The Celadon Terra Cotta building in its current location

Alfred, New York

Celadon Terra Cotta Building

A physical catalog of ceramics made by the now-defunct Celadon Terra Cotta company.

Museum of Ceramics exterior

East Liverpool, Ohio

Museum of Ceramics

Housing the history of a small Ohio town that is known to some as the pottery capital of the United States.

The first house float in the Krewe of Red Beans' Hire a Mardi Artist program is "The Night Tripper."

With No Parade This Year, New Orleans Is Festooned With Mardi Gras 'House Floats'

They’re uplifting spirits and local artists alike.

Victoria Stapley-Brown January 27, 2021

Peek Inside NYC’s Iconic Rubber Stamp Shop

<em>Karakuri</em> dolls have been an ornate element of Japanese craftsmanship since the Edo period.

What It’s Like to Build a Traditional Japanese Automaton From Scratch

All you need is a good imagination. And a whole lot of patience.

Isaac Schultz June 4, 2020

The four-way staircase.

Musee du Compagnonnage

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell: The Tenacious Tendrils of Ithaca’s Gourdlandia

This cheese, granola, and bread creation was made by Alexandra McNamara in Tappan, New York.

Stay Home and Build Miniature Monuments, From Stonehenge to Giza

Who needs stones when you have marshmallows or foam?

Jessica Leigh Hester April 21, 2020

If you're at home, sit down for a cup of tea with Joyce Chen.

Hobbies to Hone While Hunkering Down, With Help From Public TV

Learn to draw, craft up a storm, or boogie like it's 1979.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 16, 2020

The gigantic rolled carpet.

Baku, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum

A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

Many people don't know that classical statues were once painted with bright colors. The Acropolis Museum designed a game to help children imagine what they looked like.

10 Cultural Craft Projects to Calm Your Cooped-Up Kids

Museums around the world have created new ways to play from home.

Claire Voon April 1, 2020

Each embroidered work is three inches square.

An Artist Immortalizes Hong Kong's Neon Signs, One Stitch at a Time

Percy Lam uses embroidery to preserve an art form that's hanging by a thread.

Claire Voon March 13, 2020

The bizarre ceramic jar from 1888 is on view in the Met's newly renovated British Galleries.

objects of intrigue

This British Bird Is Watchful, Whimsical, and Very Victorian

The 19th-century ceramic work by London's quirky Martin Brothers is now smirking at museum-goers in NYC.

Catherine Zuckerman March 9, 2020